Meter Monday: "What If?"

by Marilyn Moy

hey future me,

What if

I was taller?

What if

we never felt lonely

never outcasted

excluded from others

What if

we all lived in communion with each other

without any bitter resentment or anger?

I guess we would become robots

What if

the abstract word and thought of "evil"

never once lived

in our minds

Would the world

be a better place?

Younger me:

All I know is this

even if we cry out countless times  

even if our tears overflow our cup

broken hearts

make for

an evermore beautiful

story